Prez. Akufo-Addo Cuts Sod For Waste Treatment Facilities In Western Region

President Akufo-Addo, has cut sod for the construction of an integrated recycling and compost plant and water treatment plant at Assakae in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality of the Western Region, on Wednesday, 19th August 2020.

The Plant, which is being established by the Jospong Group and its partners, Pureco from Hungary and Komptech from Austria, in collaboration with government, and which is estimated to cost some sixty million euros, will be the biggest investment in the Municipality.

According to President Akufo-Addo, “the Plant will receive, sort, and process four hundred tonnes of solid waste, and treat someone thousand (1,000) cubic meters of wastewater, which will, in turn, serve up to two million people in the municipality and the Western Region.”

The construction of this plant is in line with Government’s policy to create an enabling environment for the private sector to partner government to bridge the infrastructure gap in sanitation.

CH Ghana part of the project as business development and project coordinating advisers to both Jospong and Pureco.